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| an opportunistic pathogen due to water contamination. Causes diarrhea and is found in animal digestive tracts. “Wasting disease in AIDS patients. 1993 outbreak in Milwaukee. |
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| an opportunistic pathogen due to water contamination. Causes diarrhea and is found in animal digestive tracts. “Wasting disease in AIDS patients. 1993 outbreak in Milwaukee. |
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| One of the worst types of malaria. Soldiers during Vietnam got it. |
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| Found in the lungs, severe pneumonia |
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| Breathed in from soil particles (bird poop). Infects lungs and meninges (brain) |
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| Found in contaminated water, causes bloody diarrhea. Gram Negative. |
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| Epidemic spinal meningitis |
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| Produces aflotoxins that cause intestinal cancer. |
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| Forms ringworm on arms. Associated with dogs. |
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| Athlete’s Foot, common showers, locker rooms, etc. |
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| Causes health problems for fetus. Is opportunistic (pregnant women, people with suppressed immune systems and AIDS patients.) |
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| Pneumonia that causes most AIDS related deaths. |
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| Used to produce penicillin |
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| Common Infectious complications of AIDS are caused by |
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Protozoa Fungi Bacteria Viruses |
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Protozoa causing complications in AIDS patients |
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Toxoplasma gondii Isospora belli Cryptosporidium parvum |
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| Fungi causing complications in AIDS patients are |
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Candida albicans Cryptococcus neoformans Coccidioides immitis Histoplasma capsulatum Pneumocytis carinii |
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| Bacteria causing complications in AIDS patients are |
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Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Listeria monocytogenes Nocardia asteroides Salmonella Spp. |
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| Viruses causing complications in AIDS patients are |
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Cytomegalovirus Herpes simplex virus Adenovirus Hepatitis B virus JC human papovavirus |
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| Opportunistic, carried by cats. Affects those with supressed immune. |
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diarreah caused by parasite |
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| known as 'wasting disease' in AIDS patients. Severe diarreah |
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| Fungi that causes yeast infections and also thrush in AIDS patients. STD |
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| Fungi breathed in from soil particles with bird poop. infects lungs and meninges. |
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| Fungi that causes "Valley fever". Found in CA, AZ. breathed in from dust. It is systemic, goes through whole body and can lead to meningitis. |
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| Fungi breathed in from soil (bird droppings). "Mississippi Valley Fever", found in Midwest. Causes respiratory illness. Treated with Amphotericin B, which has lots of side effects. |
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| Fungi that causes pneumonia that leads to most AIDS deaths. |
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| Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) |
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| bacteria linked with the HIV infection |
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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| bacteria that causes Tuberculosis |
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| usually found in soil, breathed in, lung infection |
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| bacteria found in animals, cross contamination, uncooked foods |
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| Viral genus of herpes, that causes blindness |
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| found in blood and semen, predisposes to liver cancer |
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| found in contaminated water, causes diarreah |
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